The Ascetic Imperative in Culture and CriticismUniversity of Chicago Press, 15 janv. 2011 - 344 pages In this bold interdisciplinary work, Geoffrey Galt Harpham argues that asceticism has played a major role in shaping Western ideas of the body, writing, ethics, and aesthetics. He suggests that we consider the ascetic as "the 'cultural' element in culture," and presents a close analysis of works by Athanasius, Augustine, Matthias, Grünewald, Nietzsche, Foucault, and other thinkers as proof of the extent of asceticism's resources. Harpham demonstrates the usefulness of his findings by deriving from asceticism a "discourse of resistance," a code of interpretation ultimately more generous and humane than those currently available to us. |
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... perfect intelligibility . Characteristically , asceticism engages an issue , in this case the relation between life and knowledge , and articulates an opposition within which dialogue and dialectic can occur ; but it leaves the issue ...
... perfect intelligibility . Characteristically , asceticism engages an issue , in this case the relation between life and knowledge , and articulates an opposition within which dialogue and dialectic can occur ; but it leaves the issue ...
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... perfect ” man , designated as the Son because of his virtues and acts . In this form , the issue is no longer of compelling theoretical interest , but as it touches on issues of authority , priority , originality , the status of ...
... perfect ” man , designated as the Son because of his virtues and acts . In this form , the issue is no longer of compelling theoretical interest , but as it touches on issues of authority , priority , originality , the status of ...
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... perfect , for “ after each tells what he knows , the account concerning him would still scarcely do him justice . ” And yet even an imperfect account “ provides monks with a sufficient picture for ascetic practice , ” enabling them to ...
... perfect , for “ after each tells what he knows , the account concerning him would still scarcely do him justice . ” And yet even an imperfect account “ provides monks with a sufficient picture for ascetic practice , ” enabling them to ...
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... perfect imitation that is at once the goal of the ascetic and his undoing . They mimic human behavior so perfectly that it is impossible to tell the voice of conscience from demonic whisperings , the original from the parody . And the ...
... perfect imitation that is at once the goal of the ascetic and his undoing . They mimic human behavior so perfectly that it is impossible to tell the voice of conscience from demonic whisperings , the original from the parody . And the ...
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... nostalgias of logocentrism , but they may have destroyed each other in the process for they stand in near - perfect contradiction . Together , they testify to a crisis of the anti - logos which forces us to 12 The Ideology of Asceticism.
... nostalgias of logocentrism , but they may have destroyed each other in the process for they stand in near - perfect contradiction . Together , they testify to a crisis of the anti - logos which forces us to 12 The Ideology of Asceticism.
Table des matières
II Discipline and Desire in Augustines Confessions | 89 |
Grünewalds Isenheim Altar | 135 |
IV Philosophy and the Resistance to Asceticism | 201 |
V The Ascetics of Interpretation | 237 |
Notes | 271 |
Works Cited | 297 |
Index | 315 |
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